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  • Looks awesome and all but, who needs 6 monitors? XD

  • @IRNatman Don't Knock it, until you try it! ;)

  • @d2globalinc Wasn't knocking it. So, how did you accomplish this? A splitter, multiple video cards/inputs please tell me!

  • @IRNatman This setup in the video was 3 x Nvidia cards. The new setup I run uses 2x AMD/ATI Eyefinity 6 cards, and all 6 monitors connect to only one of the video cards. This is by far the better way to do it now.

  • @d2globalinc Ah, I see. Another question - If I were to switch to Ubuntu, would I still be able to use windows applications? I've heard of wine - but I've also read that some programs/games don't work right. Also driver problems. Is any of that true?

  • @IRNatman Yes, wine can be an issue, as can drivers, personally I prefer VMWare Workstation to run windows apps in their own virtual environment and with VMWares unity feature, the applications look like they are running in the native OS.. With a modern Quad Core or better CPU this can be just as fast as running Windows Apps on a bare windows install. This setup works great for a work environment.

  • @d2globalinc Cool, I'll try it sometime this week. Would It run slower if I dual booted Windows and Ubuntu?

  • @IRNatman Dual boot would not give you any kind of noticeable performance loss.

  • What was the total cost for the hardware?

  • LINUX is awesome.....why. ...because anyone has code accesss....Windows was using Linux behind the scenes to enhance Microsoft. If funny because Microsoft said that opensource was a problem....Google uses linux to maintain their servers...IBM does tooo...I wonder where would this companies be if it wasn't for linux open source...

  • these are realy nice ty for the info im looking in to getting somthing like this

  • how big are these moniters any one know

  • @photoopd1 These shown here are 20" LCD's.. they have recently been replaced with 23" LCD's.

  • wow some good porn viewing

  • How's about an xorg.conf posting?

  • @jrovang It's in the ubuntu forums, and many people took this and ran with it on more recent version of ubuntu/kubuntu. I'm not sure what the current status is now with it, but I know that last I checked the AMD Eyefinity method was the best route to go with their proprietary drivers.

  • how much ram do u have on this? :o

  • you spent all the money on the monitors so you coudn't afford windows so you got linux LOLZ

  • @HaloExtremeModding I have a few of these machines they run both, and more.

  • @HaloExtremeModding

    Linux is alot better then windows and its free so why spend $300 on windows?

  • @mackenzii709 because it has more applications and games, and even if you use WINE, games will have issues like Crysis, etc. Also what makes Linux better? It has driver issues and there aren't many drivers for linux anyways.

  • @HaloExtremeModding

    WIndows is good for games BUT Linux is more customizable, Open Source, Powerful, and if you use Linux Mint or Ubuntu it is very user friendly. You can do alot more then you will ever be able to do on Windows.

  • @HaloExtremeModding - You spent all your brain power on Winblows and can't understand Linux LOLZ

  • @702dirtrider what does brain power have to do with Windows? Wow all these Linux people act like they know everything.

  • @HaloExtremeModding

    Or just he prefers linux over windows?

  • dude how do you game on this I have trouble with playing urban terror or open arena where the resolution is wrong is like is unevenly split across my two screens :/

  • eyefinity drivers supported in linux ??? are the drivers open source..

  • That is AMAZING! it be more awesome if you had the Matrix screen saver to it.

  • I wish i knew the linux better :( I am trying so hard to get out of windows.. yet i still use windows :(( This suzz..

  • YOU'RE TELLING ME I CAN WATCH PORN ON 6 MONITORS AT THE SAME TIME???????

  • i seriously don't see the use of over 3 monitors...

  • How big is each of the videocards?

  • @farter1255 This setup at the time was 3x XFX Nvidia 8800GTX Ultra Video cards w/ 2 DVI ports on each card. This system has since been replaced by another one with two ATI Eyefinity 6 cards that support 6 displayport monitors each for a total of 12, but we only power 6x 23" samsung MD230 monitors with it at this time.

  • @d2globalinc what ATI/AMD cards are you using now and how easy was it to setup?

  • @d2globalinc eyefinity6 for same ^^ with 1 card

  • @polyglass62 Yup - this is my old system, my latest system uses 2x HD5870's, but only one is used to hook to 6 MD230 Samsung monitors.. Its a much better way to do it than this one, but the HD5870's weren't available yet when this system in the video here was built. I haven't tested ubuntu in awhile, but last time I did - it was working with the 6 monitors w/ compiz, etc. using AMD's proprietary drivers..

  • just out of curiosity how much did it cost in total for the 6 mons and comp to run

  • porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, porn :D

  • @bebes60 ahahahahahaha!

  • thats beast

    

  • hi, what the model of yout VGA board?

  • looks like a dream but now that i have a dual set i realize this amount of monitors would never be something suitable to work with without feeling sick after one hour im afraid...

  • THIS is my future configuration :D nice work, GNU/Linux forever

  • Holy Shi...... I can set this up for myself but the specs will be dumbed down so much to save money. Awesome setup d2globalinc

  • i jacked off to this.

  • Actually have no life!

  • @MagicT0uch Actually what it means is Life is gooooooood....

  • @d2globalinc If that's what it means, you should be using LG monitors =P

  • @MacbookProUltimate Jealousy?

  • Make a monitor dome

  • what you had payed for this all?

  • lol how did u balance them all!

  • man, i really want to do something like this ... but im having problems with this ... why you didnt posted a how to yet? lol, just let me now, are you using xinerama or something like that ? just tell me tre programs and drivers ... im stuck

    tnhx a lot man :)

  • awesome i have two screens and it cool

  • retarded

    

  • I officially believe this to a hoax, it's just not possible to tell Linux to have more than 1 monitor AND compiz AND not have windows maximize properly. IT CANNOT BE DONE.

  • @funkwurm Check the ubuntu forums, it can and has been done by many people. But it's not as easy as it once was with ubuntu 8.04 -> 9.10 with this config. However the newest version of this machine uses AMD/ATI Eyefinity 6 cards to do the same thing w/ full compiz, etc. across all 6 monitors.

  • @d2globalinc hi, what the model of yout VGA board?

  • @funkwurm actually, I use 2 monitors allot, including compiz

  • @funkwurm Heard of Xinerama? Douche.

  • @SherryManolov Xinerama doesn't support Compiz.

  • @funkwurm .... You serious.... Go read up.... Linux rocks

  • @funkwurm wow you're an idiot! I've been running multiple monitor setups on Linux for over 10 years. Get a clue!

  • @MacbookProUltimate lol @ how this come from a noob Mac User :P.

  • I love Dell monitors. Sweet setup man. :)

  • Chuck Norris wouldn't need that many monitors, he would only have to look at the computer, and hypnotize it, the he knows everything!

  • @MultiRenzokuken Chuck Norris would just squeeze all the monitors into one very large monitor and double the resolution at the same time.

  • @MacbookProUltimate ROOFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • love it man

  • anyway you can post a link to where you got the stand?

  • This is pornographic :)

  • .... do i need to install 2 graphics cards or will 1 do? final and third question, does ubanto run Adobe programs (fireworks, dreamweaver, flash,etc) and movie making programs like after effects?

  • Nice! Ubanto actually has the graphics close to a mac. I have never seen this on a "pc". The whole reason i was going to get a mac is because of the graphics but I would rather build my own desktop now that i see Ubanto is better (Graphics+programing). Three question though. Can you run Microsoft office (excel, power point, word, etc.) on Ubanto? How about an illegally download of Microsoft office ;)? Second question, I want to run 2 maybe 3 screens on my computer....

  • WOW!!

  • You have.. linux?

  • Love the effects you get moving the window around, shows how much better linux is in some ways to windows :)

  • How do you set up two monitors with separate displays so you can be working on two separate tasks?

  • I love it!! great!

  • Hi, can you still do this with ubuntu 10.04??? I'm trying to enable my 4 monitors but I can't get more the 2 working at the same time... I heard it was some limitations they have "added" in X :( I hope 10.10 removes it...

  • Id love to see the light bill

  • Sick!

  • Brilliant

  • hehe would you mind giving me one of thoses graphics crads :)

    nice setup though.

  • Now whats the use of this? i think 2 or 3 screens is just fine

  • @Thetrutv Sure ;) - until you try 4.. then 5... then 6 ;) - which is how I progressed way back in the day with CRT's.. Its nice to have all the screen realestate for keeping my IM, email, and a web browser always open and visiable.. Then the rest are used for toolbar/editing windows and i can take up 3 full monitors just with my panels and layout for the Adobe Flash editor.. It saves a LOT of time :D - never have to go searching for things - its just there.

  • @d2globalinc So you have this setup becouse of work?

  • @Thetrutv Yup - it's for work - but it has its advantages if I would like to play a game.. I acutally have a newer version of this setup now using dual ATI Eyefinity 5870 cards.. I'll be posting videos of this system eventually.

  • @Thetrutv Yup - it's for work - but it has its advantages if I would like to play a game.. I actually have a newer version of this setup now using dual ATI Eyefinity 5870 cards.. I'll be posting videos of this system eventually.

  • @d2globalinc Oki,- That setup is so cool it will make you blind

  • @d2globalinc where do you store the cpu case in the balcony ?

  • what a waste, cause your running ubuntu

  • holy jesus! i already have enough trouble keeping tack of one desktop but i can see you have multiple i would always forget about wat would be on my other desktops

    got any games to play on all 6 screens

  • he will go blind soon dont worry guys lmao

    its nice but is it worth it? lol i would rarther spend my money on hardware/upgrades then just monitors LOL

  • you've got the same webcam as me. I'm only on a triple head setup. 3x 24" monitors

  • this setup would be good for flight sims.

  • awesome setup

  • I'd love to see a guide for 10.04. I've been looking around but haven't found one. Also, you never really did post a full how-to for this. I only saw a brief how to explaining the actual xorg config.

  • Omg how can you use the pc like that!?

  • wow.

  • I envy this. In a good way. #LOL

  • how much is this all worth?

  • @cankarales its worth 6 monitors idiot

  • Cool.... Tony stark is on utube

  • wow...quite impressive but I think I'd rather have one massive monitor than 6...

  • @GamingLeeLee - multiple monitors allows you to angle them toward you

    1 large central with smaller peripheral screens is probably best.

  • @walter0bz yeah sorry I should have said I was thinking of gaming. I imagined the image being split into pieces and making things a bit distracting. Mind you I know a few people who have dual set ups and reckon its better :S

  • @GamingLeeLee

    true for gaming you need an immersive dome really..

  • @walter0bz ooo being surrounded by aliens and gun fire :D I want

  • e-bonner.

    Not really, but this is fucking awesome.

  • One world. Extravaganza.

  • i hate u... the upside to not having this gorgeous display is i wont be getting radiation poisoning like u will be in t-minus 12 days

  • that looks so irritating. You couldn't work for too long, as your eyes would hurt like a biatch.

  • Fuckin sick

  • wtf are those orange lines which control the windows?

  • @MrAbcIMPULSE flames that are produced by compiz fusion when drawing mouse gestures on the screens with the mouse.

  • do u play wow on this? cause that would be nuts

  • @xM1A1MASTERx Nope, but I have played Star Trek Online on it.. Its very intense.

  • @xM1A1MASTERx That or a waste of HQ

  • This is a little excessive, but awesome none the less.

  • Have you gotten a way to extend the task bar across the bottom monitors?

    When I do it (albeit in Open Suse' KDE) it just duplicates the tasks on both monitors. I want it to move the task to each individual task bar like Ultramon does.

  • omf i want that to :O

  • If I had that setup I'd become a villain and take over the world, not even superman could stop me and my ingenuity! Damn economy is keeping from buying things I want

  • sweet i love the linux effects i installed linux and wasnt able to activate them :( still nice vid though liked

  • cost of setup $5000 cost of elictrical bill $5001

  • batcave setup

    

  • @Veljie LoL - EXACTLY! Everyone should have a batcave!

  • @d2globalinc then the violence and drug.. wait.. idk about weed but ya it will all stop.. unless frys gos on sale..lol

  • now this is multitasking ... gj

  • @MacbookProUltimate Just a one woman guy - and she loves it ;)

  • @d2globalinc robotic girlfriends dont count

  • @d2globalinc

    Yeaaah :D

  • Looks ace but with virtual desktops available...what's the point? Am I missing something here?

  • @DjaveBikinus No flipping back and forth when you want to compare or see documents, apps, web pages, etc. side by side.. Plus multiple places to have panels, widgets, etc open and always avail.

  • lol.....imagine watching multiple pornos........teeeheeee....jk

  • Thats fucking awesome!

  • damn how can u set up monitors like that?? i wuz just running my dell inspiron mini with it's monitor and my tv, thats all i can get, same with a desktop pc, only 2 ( what i know of ) so how do u get more than 2? i'd use my laptop screen, my tv, and my projector >:D

  • can you run one program on all screens at the same time?

  • @lampalo yes

  • what the shit, the planet is dying... get rid of 5 of those and ride a bike or do a lap instead!

  • @nomad10101 LoL - riiiight.. because running my PC longer due to it taking me longer to get work done would really save more energy. This does save energy however - it allows me to get more work done, which lets me work from home, so I don't drive but maybe once a week..

  • @d2globalinc oh come on. & my diablo gets me to the office faster so i can get more done.

    w compiz you can have 2, 3, 6, 12 displays at once

  • completely useless. who needs six monitors:S unless your watching blu ray from far away.

  • @rat1a1tat1tat Don't knock it until you try it ;) - Start with 3 and see how much more work you get done.. It just multiplies by there.. If you do any kind of graphics or design work - its nice to have all your toolbars / trays, etc - on separate screens - and still have enough screen real-estate to open up browser windows and look at documentation, notes, email, etc. Not to mention manage multiple servers at the same time in the datacenter :P

  • @rat1a1tat1tat Porn?

  • @99arr0w99 fair :P

  • I have three monitors, and half the time I only use one or two. 6 is just obnoxious. :P

  • o my godness

  • Damn I'd like to have this setup :D Just got money for 2 monitors :(

  • what are those fire thingys on your screen ?

  • nice and big good for some games

  • I have to ask, do you have ADD or are you an over achiever?

  • NIce. Give these haters overtime.

  • imagine that with four workspaces...24 screens of fun

  • Now this is clean.

  • where linux makes fun...

  • not 1 not 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 but 6! mintors! cool!

  • why so many??? o.0

  • Hacker cave...

  • Lolwow... You must own your own electric company. XD

  • hey very nice!!!!! I would like do it!!!

  • how did you do this

  • @ouaticb A whole load of money and a few graphics cards! :-P

  • Cool, but goddamn rediqulous. Also if they are all of the same brand of moniters, you might want to set them to default settings so the brightness is the same for each of them

  • really great!

    I want 6 Lcd's too! :x

  • This pleases me! All my friends tell me I'm ridiculous with 3 LCD's now I'm going to show them this! LOL.

  • your firends say it,s ridacoulus beacuase they don,t have it

  • very cool.

  • My opinion to this, I think 6 monitors are confusing to me.

  • Think of it like a table or desk where you can spread out all your articles, howto's, notes, email, pictures, video etc all at once and see it all and compare things very easily.. The time saved just having items always visiable to reference when working on something is worth every penny this costs x100

  • @greatdrums ummmm Windows?

    Its Linux man

  • -1 for you thinking its windows and +1 for saying OSX is better than windows, so you are now at 0.

  • @d2globalinc Depends on what windows you are talking about.

  • @d2globalinc What's your point of view about OSX and Linux?

  • @greatdrums you can't say one is better than the other, it's a matter of the people that are using it. If you want to have it easy but simple Mac os is the right choice for you, but for more professional users, windows or even linux is way better.

  • @UNNAM3D82 so what you do is trade in your pc, no matter how much money you spent on it (keep the monitors though), and trade it in for an 8 core mac pro running 2 x 2.93GHz quad cores, 32GB RAM, 8TB Hard drive and a few graphics cards. Granted, it is "slightly" more than your average pc but you have incredibly fast simple life of a mac and you have bootcamp or Parallels and you can run Windows or Linux, or any other OS thats out there.

  • @greatdrums

    I actually wasn't talking about the hardware, but while we're on it, you get MUCH more into a PC than that, even for a lower price!

    A PC is just MUCH more compatible and cutomizable than a Mac, both on software and hardware, so why buy a Mac if you CAN use a PC? The performance and price is better in the end...

  • apple fails to understand human beings